Rapper Ruggedman shares a bitter experience
he had recently with an Abuja-based promoter named Ejiro Okhipwo. Read below...
I do not know why i always want to help out.
I guess its my nature but it gives room for a ot of people to take advantage
and repay my good with evil. It has happened once too many and i am tired of it
and this Ejiro Okhipwo will not go unexposed for the fraudster/trickster that
he is.
He is the promoter of the so called most
beautiful girl pageant in Abuja,so i was told when i met him a few months ago
while in the middle of a messed up promoters event,i guess they know each other
smh. We became friends and i agreed to make an appearance at his October 26th
event in Abuja for an honourarium of 100k penre, all for promoting my artist o.
Na there i enter one chance.
1. He delayed till the Friday before
his event to get in touch with me and pleaded to pay 50k into my account to
balance off as soon as we landed Abuja. As a good person i agreed,since i had
already given my word.
2. By 3.30pm no bank alert and i thought he was trying to wait till 4pm when banks would have closed to say "we have paid the money,but i guess they didd not post it in time thats why you havent gotten the alert". So i called and asked that the person with the cash should be waiting for us at the airport.
Thinking i was dealing with a rational human being,i decided to head to Abuja so that it wont be said that i refused to come because of the lean change he did not send.
LANDED ABUJA 8:30PM and
no cash at the airport,no Ejiro Okhipwo either. We proceeded to the hotel where
we stayed until the next day. No welfare,i had to take care of everything from
my pocket o (make hungry no kill us where we dey wait for useless people in
Jesus name...).
SATURDAY 5:00PM still no word or the presence of Ejiro Okhipwo but someone called
fuja who works for him brought two packs into my room. On opening it i found
some cold,milkless,sugarless oatmeal. The second pack contained boiled
yam,under friend plantain under baked beans LWKMD. I wondered if it was
breakfast,lunch or both....at 5PM O.
The event was slated to start by 7pm and
by 6pm i
sent Ejiro Okhipwo a BB message that i will not leave the hotel room if he
doesnt pay what was agreed because i was already suspecting foul play. No
response and we lounged till the next day.
SUNDAY: hotel management informs
us that Ejiro Okhipwo said everyone should check out of the hotel by12noon. We
called him only for him to send me txt messages that "i am heartless for
not coming to his show and will fuck me up" LMAO!!!
A show that he did not pay the lean honourarium "we" agreed to? The deal was to pay before i leave Lagos,i even managed to get to Abuja and he did not have the courtesy to come see us? Even if he did not have the money to pay,i have done loads of free shows for small time promoters like him. His would not have killed me.Now here he was threatening to fuck me up. I laughed so hard.
A few people i know called him and he kept bragging and threatening (over the phone) that he will deal with me and fuck me up.
Finally: Mr Ejiro Okhipwo i have been in
Abuja since then and i have not seen you let alone getting fucked up by you (if
i hear).
I have even had enough time to apply for and get visas for me and my artist and yet we havent seen you.
Desmond,your PAs friend was involved in an
accident and suffered internal bleeding while driving artists who came for your
event and when you were told all you said was "its none of your
business". God will forgive you.
The girls you brought from Lagos who worked
for you and you ran off without paying them or giving them transport fare to go
back will never forgive you.
The babe (name witheld) you brought from
Lagos and you abandoned her in the hotel (because she no give you do) will
never forgive you.
Mr Ejiro Okhipwo of most beautiful girl in
abuja,so many people speak ill of you and i pray to God that you change your
evil ways. I wont say its because you are short (short man devil) because i
know a lot of great short men. I guess you think you are smart and can use and
abandon people,but you are far from smart. Your days are numbered and karma is
a bitch.
You keep saying commissioners are your friends,the IG is your friend. So? They are not above the law and will not stoop as low as to support your stupid antics. The same IG that is against crime? He will probably end up locking you up.
I wrote this so people and especially fellow
artists should beware of the moronic abuja entertainment fraudster called Ejiro
Okhipwo. If you must work with him (at your own risk) COLLECT ALL YOUR MONEY
and RETURN TICKETS before you fly to Abuja,because you might not see him after
the event and dont be surprised if he threatens to fuck you up lol!!!
ENTERTAINERS STAY AWAY FROM EJIRO OKHIPWO,he
is not to be trusted. I am speaking from experience
